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* Who Stole The Weekend
* May B1 Day
* The Last Thing I Broke
(three 3-minute films - indie rock videos)
Verdict: Atmospheric Rock Narratives
London - Jan 03
WHO STOLE THE WEEKEND (The Buff Seeds)
The comfort of domestic bliss cuts to a nightmare of a nightclub. In interior design terms, that is, because
Who Stole The Weekend's the first rock video to benchmark the authentic flock - at the red end of the spectrum - wallpaper of a fin de siecle Indian restaurant for its mise en scène. If the room's spun for you after 15 pints of lager, if you've vomited vindaloo into a sea of dismayed faces, this one's for you.
Eggs are cooked, the musician's at home with his family. The screen quarters and we're into the nightclub, a close-up of card-play. There's a fight, a single chord strikes. Then he's home, collapses on bed.
There's a strong presence to the film. The blurry reds and crammed interiors give it an excellently oppressive feel, in the territory of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (without the human bacon) (or chainsaw).
Credits (Music and performance) The Buff Seeds. Cast: The Buff Seeds, Erika and Lulu, Chris Woz, Max Somerset, Katie Mulligan, Jen, Tom Rochester, Dan Carney, Ralph Anderson, Tom Langlands, Tim, Amy Harrison. Thanks to: Fantastic Plastic Records. Direction and Camera: Adam Ryzman and Remy Lamont. Additional Camera: Theo Sykes, Sam Hartley. (c) 2002
MAY B1 DAY (Ikara Colt)
It opens on a moody black and white shot of a man in glasses; it closes in a urinal. Between the two, there's a bath and other incidents - some involving horses.
Shot outside the John Power Supermarket, inside a warehouse and bookie's, May B1 Day has a rasping urban edge: it could be subtitled A Town Without Pity, except that's it's larky and funny in a carefully-observed way.
Much of the film's shot in black and white, with individual objects in colour - a rainbow, a telephone; using full screen and halved-screen effects. It's elegantly composed, with thoughtful editing and a light touch.
Credits (Music and performance) Ikara Colt. Cast: Ikara Colt, Book-keeper, Scott Osborne, Adam Ryzman, AN Other, Tom Rochester, AN Other, Matt Hoxley, Remy Lamont, Dan Rayner, James Lamont, Oscar Ball, Danny Osborne, Zeco Judge, AN Other. Camera: Remy Lamont, Adam Ryzman. Director: Remy Lamont, James Lamont, Adam Ryzman, Dan Rayner. Thanks to Fantastic Plastic Records. Production Company: Bing. (c) 2002.
THE LAST THING I BROKE (Father of Boon)
A man's running, distressed. He's contrasted with Superman. By the end he's smashing left and right with a jemmy. Rattle Of A Simple Man, or a bite out of Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra? Neither, it's a tart piece of drawn and acted drama, artfully put together, smartly paced, and over too quickly (unlike Nietzsche, as those who have weighed his books may testify).
The Last Thing I Broke opens with the central image of an advancing man, a three-part screen, and slide images. There are (drawn) buildings, their windows becoming separate screens. The running man, and super-hero remain a focus, as other people and objects become washed in differing colours. The final, violent, image, forms a definite ending.
There's no getting away from it, The Last Thing I Broke is art. There are those who don't like art in their cinema, but it's worth making an exception for this beautifully-made film, a visual delight from a remarkably gifted film-maker.
Credits (Music and performance) Father of Boon. Cast: James Lamont, Dan Carney, Dan Rayner. Written, directed, filmed by Remy Lamont. (c) 2000.
END
John Park
reviewed 13 January 03 / Leytonstone / London
related topic - the same creative team produced The Bing Show
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